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Eight days from official start of summer.. and its freezing and snowing in the Cairngorms
IT'S only eight days until summer - but Scots woke up to snow yesterday as the coldest May since 1979 went from bad to worse. As well as the snow, there were 75mph gales and temperatures as low as -4C. The Cairngorms were blitzed with snow during Wednesday night and yesterday morning, while snow gates were shut on the A939 between Corgarff and Tomintoul in the Highlands. A tweet from ...
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Man reveals pain and shame of being sexually abused as a child by female family friend
FRESH-FACED Ronnie Lees looks like any other nine-year-old in his school photo. But the smile for the camera masked his secret agony - he was being sexually abused by a woman. Now 50, Ronnie wants to dispel the commonly held assumption that paedophiles are always men. He said his life was destroyed after he was targeted by a female friend of his family. Ronnie, from Dundee, said the woman ...
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Revealed Police fingerprints error could allow hundreds of criminals to challenge their convictions
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Fury over installation of two-way mirrors looking into womens toilets at Glasgow nightclub
LICENSING bosses are to call time on a "sleazy and degrading" two-way mirror at a nightclub which allows revellers to leer at women in the toilets. Police are investigating the stunt at The Shimmy Club in Glasgow, which has been condemned around the world. And now city council leader Gordon Matheson wants the strongest action to be taken against the venue. Clubbers who hire out one ...
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Family funeral descends into riot as 120 police officers in 52 vehicles are called to normally peaceful pub
A FAMILY funeral at a quiet pub turned into a full-scale riot as drunken mourners hurled rocks at police and battered officers on the ground.The mob's fury was so intense that 120 cops in 52 vehicles had to be called out to stop the mayhem.They hit back with batons and CS spray and made 11 arrests.The normally peaceful Stewart Inn at Stepps, near Glasgow, turned into a battleground after ...
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Liam Aitchison murder trial Pathologist tells court how teenager suffered 20 stab wounds
DR Rosslyn Rankin was giving evidence in the trial of Johnathan MacKinnon and Stefan Millar at the High Court in Glasgow and said Liam, 16, had been subjected to "serious ...
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Edinburgh to host Intl Conference on Climate Justice
The Scottish government on Thursday announced that the International Conference on Climate Justice will take place in Edinburgh in October ahead of crucial global talks later this year. To be held at Dynamic Earth on Oct. 9, the Conference will bring together international businesses, civic society and leading thinkers from across the globe to collaborate on climate justice, complementing the ...
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Scotland-England split Some Scots say take the pound leave the crown
Scotland will vote in 2014 whether to split off from England and the rest of the United Kingdom. Scottish nationalists argue that Scotland would be better off ...
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Prince Edward presents Edinburghs awards in Tenn.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, is visiting Tennessee to promote one of the British royal family's charities, the Duke of Edinburgh's ...
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Scotland's waterways seeing revival
Scotland’s waterways, the canals used to transport bulky goods and vast quantities of coal in the days before the development of the railways, are of great significance in terms of their role in the development of the country, new projects are making sure they remain so.
Scotland recently began investing heavily in its canal system with the introduction of the Millennium Link, a project to restore the Union Canal and Forth and Clyde Canals for use by recreational boaters, tourists and to encourage investment in the tourism, retail and commercial sectors. Read more
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